Fence-post.



PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

J. W. BAREES.

FEHGE P333.

APILIGATIOH FILED ms. 23, 1905.

' lventor.

Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. BARNES, OF MOUNT GILEAD, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 28, 1905-Berial Re. 275,412.

Patented Kay 8, 1906.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. BARNES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Gilead, in the county of Morrow and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Fence-Post, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to fence-posts, and has ior its object to formthe same from a metal blank which may be conveniently folded to completethe post in a simple and inexpensive manner, it being particularlydesigned to adapt the post for the support of wire fencing.

Another object of the invention is to produce from the blank an anchorcapable of effectually supporting the 0st in an upright position wit outthe crop oynient of any extraneous ancho or bracing means.

A still further 0 ject of the invention is'to adapt the same for use asan end post as well as an intermediate post.

It is furthermore designed to enable the convenient attachment ofrunner-wires, to the post in a simple and effective manner and toprovide for taking up slack in the runnerwires through the medium of themeans for 1 the wires to the Lost. 1th these and other 0 jects in viewthe present invention consists in the combination and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter more fully described; shown in the accomanying drawings, and particularly points out in the appended claims, itbeing 35 understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, andminor details may be made within the scope of the claims withoutdefiniplg from the s hit or sacrificing e a vantages of t e invent on.

In the accompanying any of 0 drawings, Figure 1 is a ersglective view ofan end post and an in-.

P ternie 'ate post of the present invention supa a wirefence made up ofrunner-wires. 1g. 2 1s a view of the blan from which the 4 5 post ismade. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view, of an intermediate post. Fig. 4is a top plan view of an iend post.

' Like chmoters of reference designate corresponding parts in each andevery figure of the drawin The blani from which the post of the presentinvention is formed is designated 1 and shown in Fig. 2 in its-conditionptrlilor to being bent to complete the 0st. '9. blank is snbstantialloblong in orm and has its longitudinal e ges parallel, as at 2, for arelatively short distance, and then the longitudinal edges are convergedsli htiy toward the other end of the blank. hat end of the blank whichhas the parallel ed es is provided with a longitudinal slit or cdeft 3midway between the parallel e es and e ual in length to one of saidedges. his slit ivides the adjacent end portion of the blank into whatwill be termed base members 4 and 5, the member 4 being (provided with apair of perforations 6, locate adjacent its side edge at the cornersthereof, while the section 5 is provided with a pair of perforations 7adscent the outer edge of the member and in t e corners thereof. Theconve d edges of the blank are provided with a seriesof transverse slotsor notches 8, each of which terminates at its inner end with atransverse enlar e+ ment 9, extending at opposite sides of t e notch.Located midway between corresponding notches is a series of erforations10. The blank thus described is olded along its longitudinal center, soas to produce an angle-post, having its sides 11 and 12 disposed atsubstant allg right angles to one another with the fol -or cornerextending through the series of perforations 18.. In foldingthe blankone of the base-sections overlaps the other and has its inner edgeenclearly indicated in Fig. Letter whic rivets 13 are passed throigh theopenings 6 and 7, which come into moment when the base members arefolded. The post is now complete and read to be set up with its lowerportion embed ed in the ground the composite base made up of the members4 and 5 constituting an anchor to support the cat in an upright positionwithout the emp oyment 0 extraneous anchoring and bracing means.

When the post has been set up, the fencewires 14 are passed throughcorresponding notches 8 and into the seats 9 whereb the wires areconveniently assembled wit the post.

To prevent the displacement of the wires from the seats ofthe ost,hooksor eyebolts 15 are engaged with tl ie respective wires and passed throuh certain of the erforations 10, a nut 16 ein fitted upon the threadedextremity of each 00k or e ebolt' and set 11 ti ht against the back of te post. It wil 0 course berunderstood that the nuts are employed to drawthe hooks or fasteners rearwardly, so as to kinkthe wires across theseats, and thereby wire and to accommodate the fastening with respect tothe height of the wire within the seats.

To produce an end 0st, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, four of theIntermediate posts are assembled back to back and then fastened by meansof rivets 17, passed through the conti uous sides of ad'acent ostmembers. When forming an en post 0 this character the edge notches andseats 8 and 9 are omitted, and the contiguous sides of one air of postmembers are pierced by a series 0 openings 19, through which therunner-wires are passed, andthen fastened in any suitable manner-such,for instance, as being twisted upon themselves, as clearly indicated inthe drawings.

Having fully described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A fence ostformed of plate metal which is bent ongitudin'ally to produce ananglepost, the bottoms of the sides of the post being bent atsubstantially right angles thereto and overlapped to form ananchoring-base, the longitudinal edges of the post being provided withanglenotches, the back of the post being provided with perforationsbetween notches, hooked bolts adjustable endwise through certain of theopenings, and nuts ap lied to the bolts and bearing against the back ofthe post.

2. A fence-post formed of late metal which is bent longitudinally to orman anle-post, the bottoms of the sides of the post being bent atsubstantially right angles thereto and overlapped to form an anchoringbase, the led itudinal ed es of the post being provided wit 1 alined animotehes, the back of the post being provid ed with perforations alinedbetween the notches, and fence-fasteners adjustable endwise through theperforations.

3. A fence-post blank provided in its longitudinal edges withtransversely-alined wire-- receiving notches, there being a longitudinalseries of perforations formed through the middle of the blank andlocated between the notches, one end of the blank being provided with acentral longitudinal slit dividing said end of the blank into wings,said wings being provided with perforations disposed to come intoalinement when the blank is folded longitudinally to form an angle-postwith the wings overlapped.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. BARNES.

Witnesses:

WM. BROWN, J. B. SHAW.

